Job Posting: Higher Education Leaders Driven by ‘Eulogy Virtues’
It is limiting to think about Neoliberalism only as a macro-level socioeconomic and political force. It also has a major …
Reminder: College Coaches Are Educators
Failures have consequences and that was on display last week in Omaha at baseball’s College World Series.
June 27, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Of Course, Academic Freedom Needs Protecting. But How?
Chicago’s Tom Ginsburg asserts: “Colleges must institutionalize the protection of academic freedom by devoting resources to training, establishing standards, and …
June 26, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Over 900 Universities in 90 Countries Issue “New Magna Carta”
The document is an effort to reverse troubling trends. Sijbolt Noorda, president emeritus of the University of Amsterdam: “If we …
June 25, 2021/
Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Holy Academic Freedom! Florida Requires ‘Diversity Viewpoints’ in Collegiate Civics Education
In signing the law, FL Governor Ron DeSantis said, “We do not want them (universities) to be hotbeds for stale …
June 24, 2021/
News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: MSU University Council Votes For Student Vaccinations, President Says No
Read more in THE STATE NEWS.
June 23, 2021/
MSU, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: “The NCAA is Not Above the Law,” SCOTUS
Steve Vladeck, a law professor, University of Texas, Austin: “The justices have effectively undercut the central justification the NCAA uses …
June 22, 2021/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Impact of ‘For the People Act’ on Higher Ed
From Inside Higher Education: “The legislation specifically addresses the role of higher education institutions in the voting process, which includes …
June 21, 2021/
Public Higher Ed/
NEW BOOK: “Racial Healing in This Nation Can Only Occur Through a True Examination of America’s History”
In her new book, A Time for Change: How While Supremacy Ideology Harms All Americans, Dr. Martha R. Bireda “provides an …
June 20, 2021/
Education, Perspectives, Podcast, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: ‘Divisive Concepts’ and the Problem of Racism
Addressing systemic racism requires going beyond group-centric interests and focusing on transforming existing structures and processes into equitable and inclusive practices. On September …
June 19, 2021/
Education, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Free Speech and the Warren Court
Professor Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy’s commentary on free speech in America was published earlier this year in The Conversation. Professor Henry Kalven’s …
June 16, 2021/
Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: 1925 Redo–Who Gets To Decide What’s Taught?
In 1925, it was whether evolution should be taught in schools. Today, it is about America’s history with respect to …
June 15, 2021/
Education, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Students to MSU’s Stanley: “Silence is Complicity”
Multiple defacements of ‘The Rock’ bring calls for the president’s response. Read this editorial from The State New. NOTE: Vice …
June 14, 2021/
MSU, Perspectives, Society/
Remembering Paul A. Miller: Leadership for the Public Good
Paul A Miller played various roles in a career that spanned over 70 years, including County Extension agent, faculty member …
June 13, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: On ‘Free Speech’
Justice Hugo Black and his interpretation of ‘free speech’ as a constitutional right of expression. Read more here. “Unless there …
June 12, 2021/
Public Higher Ed/